Practice-gun.



L. ZIEGLER.

PRACTICE GUN;

APPLICATION FILED sPT.20. 1917.

Patented May14, 1918.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS ZIEGLER, OF LYNDH'U'RST, NLW JERSEY.

PRACTICE-GUN.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LOUIS Zmemn, a. c1t1- zen of the United States, and a resident of Lyndhurst, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Practice-Guns, of

' which the following is a specification.

soldiers and for the training of organizations of younger persons, as boy scouts, and for the use of smaller children, wooden guns havin the appearance of'the usual soldiers ri e, but made of wood and very light, have been employed to a considerable extent.

Such guns, of'course, cannot be fired, and

their weight is so inconsiderable that they do not have the feel of the guns they are intended to imitate, and for this and other reasons it is difiicult to create enthusiasm among persons supplied with these wooden guns. 7

In a gun in accordance with the present invention the part corresponding to the barrel of the ordinary gun is preferably made of metal, whereby weight is added, providing one feature of resemblance to the usual gun, and furthermore, since the is adapted to be fired and loaded for rther firing automatically and to emit smoke and gases from the muzzle, a st1ll further increased resemblance to the usual magazine gun is obtained which makes a gun in accordance with the invention very attractive to persons training for soldering and particularlv to children playing soldier.

With the foregoing and related objects m view, my invention consists in the features of construction, parts, improvements and combinations herein set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing formmg a part of this specification, andwherem the same reference numerals are uniformly a plied to designate the same parts throng out, I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention for the purpose of afiording a I Specification of Letters Patent. 'ipplicetion filed September 20, 1817. Serial No.

Patented May 14, 1918.

perspective view of the wooden portion of the gun shown in Fig.- 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the metallic portion of the gun. F 1g. 4 is a longitudinal central sectlonal view of the gun in the neighborhood of the muzzle an s owing the working parts. Fig. 5 1s a fragnentary perspective view of an operating ger and the end of the hammer operated thereby, and Fig. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view illustrating the operation of the magazine loading device.

Reference numeral 10 indicates the wooden part of the gun which in the form shown comprises a stock 11 and an extendportion 12 recessed to receive the meta '0 portion 13 of the gun correspondin to the usual barrel, the recess having pre erably the form shown at 14, Fig. 2.

The part 13 is generally of tubular form and may be made up from tubing or may be stamped from sheets or constructed in other ways, as, for example, it may be made up of a channel bar 13' and an angle bar 13 The interior thereof is hollow and the open slide-way 15 is provided, preferably on one side thereof, for receiving the projecting handle 16 of the slide member 17. An opening 18 is formed at the rear of the member 13 which may be closed by a cover 19 pivoted at 20 and having its point 21 adapted to be received and held under a spring catch 22 which also is preferably provided with a notch 23 to form the rear sight. The slide member 17 is provided with a forwardly and u wardiy projecting leaf spring 24, and w en the slide member 17 1s retracted to the breech of the gun a roll of tape containing caps or other explosive charges spaced at mtervals therein, may be introduced into the open- 18 and its forward end passed over the en of the spring 24, whereupon the slide 17 may be pushedtoward the muzzle by means of the andle16, thereby unrolling the roll of cap tape and loading the gun, the unrolled portion of the tape occupying the position shown by the dotted line 25, Fig. 4, and being extended lengthwise in the gun barrel. The handle 16 may be locked in its forward position by means of the catch 26 pivoted on the barrel 13, and said catch 26 may carry an upwardly extending pointed device, as illustrated at 27, which may form the front sight for the gun. The spring 24, after serving to carry the tape forward as already described, also serves, when the slide 17 is locked in forward position, as a means for reventing the tape being drawn backwarg, as' will be clearly seen n the ta' e 25 and also to operate means for explo in 1 shown a ammer 29 1s plvoted' at 30 and 1s driven by asprin 31 against the anvil gun, and 9. Ion

at the muzzle o the tudinally movable rod 33 is pivoted to t e upper end of the trig er at 34, and a spring 35, preferably coile serves to retract thesame andto brmg the trig er. to normal Eosition after the gun s firei The rod 33 as formed thereon or is connected to a. slide member 36 which is guided in suitable ways and is provided with a finger 37 having acut-away part 38 (Fi ..5) and adapted to coeperate with a pre erably rounded lug 39 on the hammer 29. As the trigger is ulled the finger piece 37, advancin under t e lug 39 on the tall piece of the ammer 29, moves the hammer 29 away from the anvil 32 and at the same time'the spring 40 on the slide 36 engages the tape'and advances it, the spring 24, as already explained, preventing rearward is moved backward. When the nger 37 has passed sufliciently under the lug 39 so I that said lug enters the cut-away part 38, the hammer. 1s released and is driven against the anvil 32 by means of the spring 31,- thereb explodin the charge. The springs to prevent flame or s arks from passing rearward through the arrel so that there is no opportunity for other charges than th'ahexploded to be ignited and the device is rendered entirely safe. returning to normalposition the finger 37 rides over the 5 lug 39. This can be accom lished in various ways. For example, i the finger 37 is fairly rigidf as is preferably the case, the

opening 33' or the rod 33 may be made somewhat larger than the rod so that the same may move upward somewhat on returning to normal the spring 40 serving at other times to holdthe finger 37'and. rod

' 33 in downward position as shown in Fig.

4, or the finger 37 may have sufiicient flex1- 5'5 bility so as to .bend'a suificient amount to override the lug-39 during its return movement.

The device can be readily assembled, as, for instance, the parts constructed of metal ma be secured together byscrews 41, 42 an when fastened together, ma be secured in .the'wooden part 0 the gun y means of the screw 43 at therear end thereof, and a clamfiing sleeve 44 at the muzzle of the gun" ace whic if desired, may be secured in p Fi 4. v The trigger 28 serves, when it is actuated by the finger of the user, to feedforward charges therein. Inthe formabout the rod 33,-

movement of-the tape 'when the s ring 40 1. In a practice pivoted therebeneat a spring for pressing 40, or eit er or both of them, serve muzzle, a slidable member for actuatin "said for explo by means of the screw 45. To take the un apart it is only necessary to remove t e various screws and the sleeve 44 whereupon the parts shown may be readlly d1s assembled and as readily reassembled. o

The operation of the gun will bereadil understood from the fore oing. The r01 of cap tape is introduced into the opening 18 and en aged by the spring 24 by which it is hel and is drawn forward by movement of the slide 17. The magazine .cover may now be closed and the gun is I Y ready forfiring, which is accomplished by pulllng on thetrigger 28, thereby movin orward the spring 40 and finger 37 an operating the hammer 29 and-also simultaneously feeding the tape forward by sue-- cessive engagements ofthe spring 40 therewith, the spring 24 meanwhile serving to previent the tape from being moved back- 35 war It is to be understood that the. form shown is intended only to illustrate my invention, and that I am not to be confined thereto, but that changes therefrom" and modifications therein may be made within the scope of my claims without departing from my invention or sacrificing its advantages. i

I claim:

un,'an anvil a hammer said hammer toward said anvil, a trigger, slidable means for actuating said hammer, and connecting means betweensaid slidable means and trigger and extending longitudinally of the gum 2. In a practice gun, a trigger, an anvil and a hammer located adjacent to the gun hammer, and a rod extending longitudinally sai opening t rough the gun barrel, and

means adjacent to the muzzle for exploding the charges in said cap tape.

Ina practice gun, a barrel, means comprising a s ring for drawing cap tape through the arrel, means for holding said means in its advanced position, said spring acting 1n such position to .prevent reverse movement of the ta e, a hammer, a trigger, and means operate by said trigger for em gaging and advancing a strip of cap tape when so held. Y

6. In a practice gun, an elongated gun barreli slidable means comprising a spring feedingsaid cap tape forward to the explod- "ing means.

r 8. In a practice gun, a barrel having a slide-way therein, a slide in said barrel having a handle projecting through said slideway, a spring on said slide member adapted to engage and advance a strip of cap tape through'the barrel, and means at the muzzle for ex loding the charges in said cap tape.

9. h i a practice gun, a barrel, means for advancing a strip of cap tape through the barrel, and locking means for said means, said locking means also forming a sight for the gun. I

10. In a ,practice' gun, slidable springmeans for advancing a cap tape and holding it in advanced position, and reciprocable spring means for engaging said cap tape beyond said first named spring means and feeding it forward, said first named spring means serving to prevent the retrograde movement of said cap tape.

11. In a practice gun, a barrel comp sed of a channel strip and an angle bar, there bein a slide-way left between the walls of the c annel strip and angle bar, a slide member within the barrel formed between the said bars, and a handle projecting through said slide-way, a trigger, and means at the muzzle end of the gun actuated by said trigtape fed forwar y through the barrel by said slide member.

12. In a practice gun, an anvil, a hammer pivoted between its ends and having a ing on gen for explodin charges in a strip of cap the end 0 posite the striking end thereof, a

slide mem er having a projectingl finger and a cut-away part on one side t ereof, and means comprising adrigger for reciprocating said slide member w ereby said hammer is actuated by said finger engaging said lug, said lug being released when it enters the said cut-away portion of the slide member.

In testiniony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 19th day of September, 1917.

LOUIS ZIEGLER. 

